Bomba, the jungle boy

Bomba, the jungle boy was a series of books for young people published under the author name Roy Rockwood , a pseudonym of the publisher Stratemeyer Syndicate ( Edward Stratemeyer ) and featuring a boy growing up in the jungle who experiences adventures tailored to young people in the style of Tarzan .

Content and representations

Written under a publishing pseudonym by a group of authors, including Howard R. Garis , the first 10 volumes of the stories allow Bomba, a white boy, to continue on his adventures in the South American jungle, while the action for volumes 11-20 has been relocated to Africa. The series was published by Cupples & Leon between 1926 and 1938 . Fourteen volumes were also published in German, probably abridged, for the first time in the 1950s by AWA-Verlag (AWA-Verlag EF Flatau & Co., Munich) in two different cover versions, one for the rental book and one for the book trade market. New editions were later published in paperback by Bastei Verlag .

In the storyline, Bomba has to deal with various dangers and adventures; The trigger is the search for his parents, which leads him to various islands and cities shrouded in mystery. Sometimes he saves a white family from headhunters, sometimes he helps researchers discover a medicinal plant. In Africa he has to do with pygmies, cannibals and jungle warriors; he has now found his father and would like to return to the "New World" with him.

Between 1949 and 1955, the Monogram production company produced twelve inexpensive B-films with Johnny Sheffield in the lead role.

A comic series also appeared. In 1967, however, she was unsuccessful at DC Comics with only 7 issues.

Books

1: Bomba the jungle boy , 1926; German Bomba the jungle boy, 1950s; In the green hell, Bastei 1967.
2: Bomba the jungle boy at the moving mountain, 1926; German Bomba in the mountain of fire caves, 1950s; In the mountain of the fire cave, Bastei 1967.
3: Bomba the jungle boy at the giant cataract, 1926; German Bomba on the great cataract, 1950s; At the great cataract, Bastei 1967.
4: Bomba the jungle boy on Jaguar Island , 1927; German Bomba on Jaguar Island, 1950s; On Jaguar Island, Bastei 1967.
5: Bomba the jungle boy in the abandoned city , 1927; German Bomba in the sunken city, 1950s; In the sunken city, Bastei 1967.
6: Bomba the jungle boy on terror trail , 1928; German Bomba on a dark track, 1950s; On the dark trail, Bastei 1967.
7: Bomba the jungle boy in the swamp of death , 1929; German Bomba in the Swamp of Death, 1950s; In the swamp of death, Bastei 1967.
8: Bomba the jungle boy among the slaves , 1929; German Bomba in the Valley of the Skulls, 1950s; In the Valley of the Skulls, Bastei 1968.
9: Bomba the jungle boy on the underground river , 1930; German Bomba at the end of a track, 1950s; At the end of a track, Bastei 1968.
10: Bomba the jungle boy and the lost explorers , 1930.
11: Bomba the jungle boy in a strange land , 1931; German Bomba in a foreign country, 1950s; In a foreign land, Bastei 1968.
12: Bomba the jungle boy among the pygmies , 1931; German Bomba with the Pygmies, 1950s; Among the pygmies, Bastei 1968.
13: Bomba the jungle boy and the cannibals , 1932.
14: Bomba the jungle boy and the painted hunters , 1932; German Bomba in the heart of Africa, 1950s; In the heart of Africa, Bastei 1968.
15: Bomba the jungle boy and the river demons , 1933.
16: Bomba the jungle boy and the hostile chieftain , 1934; German Bomba on the homecoming path, 1950s; On the homecoming path, Bastei 1968.
17: Bomba the jungle boy trapped by the cyclone , 1935; German Bomba stranded in a cyclone, 1950s; Long live Bonny Bartow, Bastei 1968.
18: Bomba the jungle boy in the land of burning lava , 1936.
19: Bomba the jungle boy and the perilous kingdom , 1937.
20: Bomba the jungle boy in the steaming grotto , 1938.

Movies

Bomba, the jungle boy (1949)

German title: Bomba, the jungle boy . Directed by Ford L. Beebe , with Johnny Sheffield , Peggy Ann Garner and Onslow Stevens . Bomba meets a photographer's daughter and, after numerous jungle scenes, brings her back to her father.

Bomba on Panther Island (1949)

German title: Bomba and the black panther . Directed by Ford L. Beebe, with Johnny Sheffield, Allene Roberts and Lita Baron . Bomba on the trail of a man-eating panther who threatens a pair of siblings while they are building a farm, and fights natives, jungle fires and water buffalo.

The lost volcano (1950)

German title: Bomba and the dead volcano . Directed by Ford L. Beebe, with Johnny Sheffield, Donald Woods and Marjorie Lord . Bomba and his friend David in search of treasure in a sunken city threatened by the volcano of the title.

Bomba and the hidden city (1950)

Directed by Ford L. Beebe, with Johnny Sheffield, Sue England , Paul Guilfoyle . Bomba saves the rightful native princess Leah from the intrigues of the evil Hassan.

The Lion Hunters (1951)

German title: Bomba, the avenger . Directed by Ford L. Beebe, with Johnny Sheffield, Morris Ankrum and Ann E. Todd . Bomba saves lions from hunters who don't like it; but a young girl from an expedition thinks he's great.

Elephant stampede (1951)

German title: Bomba, the lord of the elephants . Directed by Ford L. Beebe, with Johnny Sheffield, Donna Martell and Edith Evanson . Bomba fights against elephant hunters and for the education of the natives.

African treasure (1952)

Directed by Ford L. Beebe, with Johnny Sheffield, Laurette Luez and Leonard Mudie . Bomba tracks down a gangster and the missing father of a girl with jungle drums and animal friends in the jungle.

Bomba and the jungle girl (1952)

Directed by Ford L. Beebe, with Johnny Sheffield, Karen Sharpe and Walter Sande . Bomba discovers two human skeletons in the jungle and finds out that they are his parents'.

Safari drums (1953)

German title: Bomba - revenge in the jungle . Directed by Ford L. Beebe, with Johnny Sheffield, Douglas Kennedy and Barbara Bestar . Bomba, the animal rights activist, accompanies a recording team that includes a murderer. With the help of the local fauna he exposes him.

The golden idol (1954)

German title: The golden idol . Directed by Ford L. Beebe, with Johnny Sheffield, Smoki Whitfield , Anne Kimbell . Bomba protects the golden statue of a native tribe against thieves and secures it for a museum, whose employee beautifies the jungle.

Killer leopard (1954)

German title: Bomba, Tarzan's heir . Directed by Ford L. Beebe, with Johnny Sheffield, Beverly Garland , Donald Murphy . Bomba helps a Hollywood actress find her husband, who turns out to be a villain who is receiving fair wages.

Lord of the jungle (1955)

Directed by Ford L. Beebe, with Johnny Sheffield, Wayne Morris , Nancy Hale . After a herd of elephants trampled a native village, Bomba is tasked by elephant hunters to kill the herd. However, he finds out that only one of the elephants needs to be killed. That's what he does.